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Midwest Murder

E135: Homeplace Horror

Midwest Murder

Jonah Lantto & Dawn Palumbo with the Good Talk Network

True Crime, Mystery, Murder, Midwest, Robbery, Society & Culture, News, Good Talk, North Dakota

4.7920 Ratings

🗓️ 29 December 2025

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

FAN MAIL TEXT HOTLINE On Halloween night, 1975, a young farm family in rural Iowa went to bed and never woke up. What followed was one of the most controversial murder cases in state history; built on a highway timeline, forensic science that no longer exists, and a conviction still debated nearly fifty years later. Episode title submitted by: Kelly C and Bekah Recorded live with a fabulous audience at Rhythm City Casino. Location: Iowa Victims: Les, Jorjean, Julie, and Jeff Ma...

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0:00.0

We've all heard the phrase, that kind of thing doesn't happen in our town.

0:12.0

But here on Midwest murder, we will shatter that false reality.

0:16.0

In fact, it happens more often than we know.

0:18.5

And sometimes the details of the most horrific crimes that happen

0:21.6

in our neighborhoods are lost in the back pages of newspapers, forgotten on our news channels,

0:27.0

and eventually erased over time. We're here to talk about murder, diving into some of the most

0:32.5

controversial cases in Midwest history. The show will not shy away from the morbid details of these horrific

0:38.8

events and the often ugly truths behind them. What you will hear is a detailed timeline of events,

0:45.7

perspectives from those closely involved, and analysis by experts. What you will feel is the darkness

0:52.2

that surrounds each story, the innocence lost by the victims,

0:56.7

and hopefully the justice that was ultimately delivered.

1:00.3

Jonah Lanto.

1:01.5

Don Palumbo.

1:02.4

Hello, here we are.

1:03.2

Hey, welcome back to Rhythm City.

1:05.0

Yeah, it's not planned.

1:06.1

Damn glad to be here.

1:07.3

Big shout out to the amazing team at Rhythm City for setting it all up here, inviting us,

1:11.7

and of course to our incredible live audience. Thanks for being here with us. And if you've reviewed

1:17.1

us on iTunes, we really do appreciate that. Those reviews really go a long way. I found out recently

1:22.5

there's Don, there's people out there. If they see anything less than like 4.5, 4.7, they just keep, they just keep, they don't even look. They just keep on going. Oh, wow. Yeah. I mean, it's good point. Somebody said, look. I guess I probably do the same thing. So it makes sense. Yeah. Yeah. We, we are very fortunate. We made their cut off, these harsh critics. That's good. We're right at the, right there in the 4.7 range there in iTunes. So glad we made that.

1:46.7

Don, I'm kind of curious. What are people saying about Midwest murder in the old review column?

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